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Thursday, February 15, 2007

[[Aids As A World Crisis]]


Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is the location of the worlds 60% of people living with HIV. “Despite falls in adult HIV prevalence apparently under way in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, there is little evidence of declining epidemics in this region as a whole. In fact, prevalence levels remain "exceptionally" high and might not yet have reached their peak in several countries.” There is a big concern for the women with HIV in this region because of the way this virus is affecting them. These women are being disproportional affected by this virus and remaining poorly informed. These women are being disproportional affected by this virus and remaining poorly informed.

2005 statistics
· People with HIV: 25.8m
· % of world's HIV cases: 64%
· New cases: 3.2m
· Aids deaths: 2.4m

ASIA
Asians low national HIV infection is masked by the fact the Asia has a large population and because of this a sizeable number of people are living with the virus. Serious aids epidemic on this regions are a result of risky behavior, often related to unprotected sex and drug-use.

However, Prevention strategies are not taking into account this risk taking, not even on those countries that the virus has been far contained.

2005 statistics
· People with HIV: 8.3m
· % of world's HIV cases: 20.6%
· New cases: 1.1m
· Aids deaths: 521,000

HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES
In North America and Eastern Europe the number of people infected with the virus is continually growing, although the number of deaths cause by HIV is comparatively low because of the wide availability of antiretroviral therapy.

Sex between men and, in some countries, injecting drug-use is becoming concerns because they are important routs for HIV. There are also concerns because the prevention efforts are getting behind with this pattern of HIV transmission.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 1.9m
· % of world's HIV cases: 4.7%
· New cases: 65,000
· Aids deaths: 30,000

Latin America
Because of their large populations Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina have the largest HIV epidemics on the region. Only Brazil accounts more than one third of the people living with HIV on the region.

The highest widespread of HIV in this region are in the smallest countries of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. There is no single factor that is fueling this epidemic but there is a combination of non save-sex between men and men and women, also mainly by injecting drug-use.

In almost al Latin American countries HIV is mainly transferred by sex between men and men and in second place by female sex workers.

Statistics
People with HIV: 1.8m
% of world's HIV cases: 4.5%
New cases: 200,000
Aids deaths: 66,000

EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
In this region the number of infected people is continually growing, In les than a decade the number of people affected has twenty fold, affecting large societies, Between 2003-2005 the number of people killed by aids has almost doubled.

The mayor population infected is young people, and increasing numbers on infected women, some acquiring it from men who became infected by injected drug-use. The mayor cases of this infections are in Russia and Ukraine.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 1.6m·
· % of world's HIV cases·: 4%
· New cases: 270,000
· Aids deaths: 62,000

TRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
Only two small nation islands among Australia, New Zeeland, and the pacific islands has not yet reported any HIV infections. Australia has the oldest HIV epidemic but between 1995-2000 they saw declining infections but it has grown again recently. HIV is spread mainly be un protected sex between men and men, but there has been a rise in heterosexual infections leading to increasing number in women infected.

The number of HIV infections is smaller in New Zealand than in Australia. The number in the pacific islands is low, but there is still the concern of an epidemic.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 74,000
· % of world's HIV cases: 0.18%
· New cases: 8,200
· Aids deaths: 3,600

NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
This region was once known for low HIV infections but now it is continually growing. Algeria, Morocco, Somalia , and lybia present evidence of increasing HIV infections. It is transmitted mainly by un protected sex although injecting drug use is the main rout in lyrbia and Iran. HIV knowledge remains poor in this region.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 510,000
· % of world's HIV cases: 1.2%
· New cases: 67,000
· Aids deaths: 58,000

CARIBBEAN
Aids is leading the cause of Deaths from people of 15-40 years old, Although national wide spread varies from 3% in Haiti and 0.2% in Cuba. The main rout of this epidemic is transsexual intercourse, with commercial sex a prominent factor.
“However, there is some optimism surrounding recent developments in countries such as the Dominican Republic, Barbados and Haiti, where HIV infection rates have declined in some areas. Changes in sexual behavior are cited as one possible explanation. “
My Opinion
I think that poverty is affecting HIV increasing numbers of infected people. Also little knowledge about this infection affects a lot. Un protected sex and injected drug use are the main routes by witch this infection is being transmitted so I think that each region should have programs from teens and adults to educate them about how this infection is transmitted. Also I am concern with the Idea of sex being mainly transmitted by unprotected se between men and men and female sex workers. Witch by offering their services can infect many people.

Where my path leads
My path leads me to more specific knowledge of this world crisis.

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